This was Exercise Flood Call, to prepare people for a flood emergency.

这是洪水演习，让人们为洪水来袭的紧急情况做好准备。

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Their ad in the newspapers started a flood of letters - more than one hundred a day.

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We also know of a very early Semitic work, the Epic of Atrahasis, in which there's a flood.

我们也听过古老的闪米特人，《阿特拉哈西斯》中大洪水的传说。

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They also had a creation story. They had a flood story. They did animal sacrifices. They observed purity taboos. Israelite religion was another Ancient Near Eastern religion and they differed from their neighbors only over the number of gods they worshiped: one or many.

他们都有原创的神话，他们都有一个关于洪水的神话,都有动物牺牲，他们都尊崇高洁的竹子,以色列宗教是另一种古近东宗教，它们和别的宗教,唯一不同之处就在于崇拜的神的数量：一个还是多个。

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It has raised fears of a flood of cheap imports of eggs and egg products.

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It was the first time that RNLI volunteers have been awarded medals for a flood rescue.

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Even then it wasn't a flood, just a solitary drop that could not be controlled.

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